Ensuring Language Capability in the Intelligence Community: What Factors Affect the Best Mix of Military, Civilians, and Contractors

Ensuring Language Capability in the Intelligence Community: What Factors Affect the Best Mix of Military, Civilians, and Contractors

Language capability is provided in the intelligence community by military personnel, government civilians, and contractors. A key question is what is the best mix of these three types of personnel in terms of cost and effectiveness. This research draws on U.S. Department of Defense guidance and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Rand Corporation Content Provider (content provider), National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) Content Provider
Otros Autores: Asch, Beth J Author (author), Winkler, John D Contributor (contributor), Winkler, John D Author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] RAND Corporation The 2013
Materias:
Intelligence service > Language > Employees > United States
Multilingualism
Intercultural communication
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427825206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • DoD guidance for determining workforce mix
  • Literature review on the costs and benefits of different categories of personnel
  • Insights from interviews
  • Exploratory analysis of the relative cost-effectiveness of military versus civilian language-proficient workforces
  • Summary and concluding thoughts.

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